SCHIZOPHRENIC SAINTS

The Saints responded to what many pundits have referred to as the poorest performance of the Sean Payton era in last week's 31-21 loss to the pitiful St. Louis Rams, by settling the score with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with a 27-16 victory in what was a very complete performance.  Great article from Clarion Ledger columnist Rick Cleveland on this pattern of inconsistency that the Saints have displayed this season, especially in the last four weeks:

Uneven outings make New Orleans hard to figure

NEW ORLEANS — You watch these New Orleans Saints play every Sunday and there comes a time when you want to steal a line from the old What's My Line? game show hosts:
Will the real New Orleans Saints please stand up?
Are they the New Orleans Saints who controlled the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball in Sunday's 27-16 conquest of the Tampa Bay Bucs?
Or are they the Saints who sleepwalked through a 31-21 trouncing at the hands of the previously winless St. Louis Rams the previous Sunday?
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